days 149 & 150 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

yesterday, daddy picked me up from work to join him and his friends and our neighbors in Vaski. they have been having sauna there and listening to some live music. there's this HeadLand music festival near the harbor. so, he drove Vaski near the concert area.

i was so tired after a busy day at work. so, when i came there, i just said hello to the pips, had a leg massage from daddy's therapist's wife and then went downstairs to sleep. i just woke up to pee around 5 but i went back to sleep. daddy woke me up after 10 to see Sanni's performance. 

we climb to Vaski's rooftop and watched the artist's performance from there. it was nice. a bit cold. but nice. 

it was after 1 in the morning when we arrived back to the harbor.

today, daddy took Pappa and his cousins for a boat ride to Enonsaari. the weather was nice, so it was perfect for the oldies to be out. we took a walk just around the beach area then went back to Vaski to have coffee and cake. it was a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

we went home around 4:30, watched formula 1...actually i fell asleep around the 40th something lap and woke up when there were only 2 laps left. 😁

Max won!

day 148 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

i stopped doing my intermittent fasting. 5 months of doing it and i haven't noticed any results besides being unhappy. so i quit. 

i watched "El Bueno Patrón" in the cinema yesterday. a Spanish movie with Finnish and Swedish subtitles. i thought it would be challenging for my kokote and it was. it was a bit tiring for my eyes to read the text really fast and focus back to watch the scene and feel the emotions of the characters. it was a nice experience.

there's also one French movie being shown in the cinema now. i hope it's still showing next week. i hope i can watch it on my day off.

day 146 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

i can't remember the last time that i rode a bike. 

maybe, 2 years ago....

when i woke up from my afternoon nap yesterday, it flashed to my kokote that i want to ride the bike and go somewhere. good thing daddy was home. since i haven't been using mummo's bike, he kept it in his garage. anyway, he took it out for me. 

i was supposed to go to renkomaki to check if there are blueberries already. well, i did reached to renkomaki but i didn't get to the exact destination that i had in mind. the forest where pappa always picks up berries. i took the forest route to avoid the traffic. i ended up getting lost. i left my phone at home, so i wasn't able to ask for google to help me out.

anyway, when i couldn't figure out where i was going, i turned back and rode the bicycle to where i came from. 

the view was super nice. the dense forest and the field of wheat. the fresh air soothing my face. i felt happy 💓 

i slowed down at some places to check out the blueberries, but they are still small. not ready for harvesting yet. i also checked out for chantarelles but nope! there wasn't any. 

so i just rode my bike and enjoyed the evening. 

i got home at 9:30 😊

days 144 & 145 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

rainy sunday.

day-off.

home alone with Amanda.

what more can i ask for?

😊😊😊

i'm watching "manifest" on Netflix these days. my sister added it to my list. like always, i get hooked to a series and i can't sleep until it's done and all the problems in the world are solved. when i'm addicted to a series, i always wake up feeling like a have a hang-over. i feel hazy and tired. but i have to wake up anyway so i can move on to the next episode 😄

i'll take a break from the series and take a walk in the forest. it's raining quite hard. but i can deal with that. that's what umbrellas are for 😏

days 141, 142 & 143 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

good morning! 

today is promised to be warm and sunny with some thunder and lightning at night. i'm scared of lightning, so i'm not looking forward to that.

yesterday, i went to visit one new cafe in the city. they opened last spring. it's in the same building where the museum is. it's modern and cozy. when i came, there was an orchestra performing. it was so nice to sit there and enjoy the music. life is really full of surprises! i wouldn't have known that today i will drink my cup of coffee while listening to a live orchestra 😍

after my "me time", i picked up Fasu from daddy's workplace. i get to say hello to Alma, the house owner's English sheepdog. she had a really cute hairstyle today. she was so playful with me that Fasu started to get jealous. so, i just took Fasu with me and took her for a walk in the forest. 

yesterday was warm, too. 30 degrees. it was too warm for Fasu although we walked in the shady areas of the forest. 

when daddy came home from work, we took Fasu to the dog beach. she enjoyed swimming and fetching some sticks. we didn't stay there for long because there were some dog owners waiting in line to get their pets to swim, too.

days 138 and 140 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

this morning, i put my hoodie on when i went out of the house.

when i went out of work, i put my hoodie on again. i was almost running on the way home because i felt so warm and i was sweating already. oh, these confusing days are starting all over again.

Somi brought some thai food to work. she was warming her food in the micro and i was about to go home. the customers started to flow in and i didn't want to linger in the café, so i left. while i was already on the way home, she called to me that our food is ready. hehehe. i wanted to try her sticky rice and spicy sauce...but maybe next time... next time when it's not so busy at work.

days 135 and 137 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

i am back to reality.

after a week of waking up late in the morning, sleeping late at night, waking up to the sound of the birds and flapping lake water, daily sauna, eating grilled makkara and baby potatoes, i am back to my daily routine.

work starts at 1pm today. 

i am still sleepy. 

i hope i'll survive this day.

day 134 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

my sister sent me two bottles of soju on my birthday. it's 13% alcohol. but i'm really wondering why i don't get drunk when i drink it. 

also, i'm wondering why i didn't get drunk last weekend when i've been drinking a lot. it's really a mystery to me because i know that i have a very low alcohol tolerance.

so last weekend, i had dinner with my co-workers. we were at this gastro pub that i've never been to before (well, i've never been to any pub before). before our food arrived, i already had one cocktail. and more cocktails came after that because they made really tasty ones. 

after dinner, some of my co-workers went home. i opted to stay with the younger ones because i just want to be out and enjoy and drink 😋

we went to another bar and ordered more drinks. then we took a taxi to the harbor and had more drinks there. at 12 midnight, i sent a message to daddy asking if he could pick me up. and he did.

since i came here, i have stopped drinking alcoholic drinks. okay, i would have a glass of wine or a can of cider every now and then. but nothing as much as i had last saturday night. 

and boy, those drinks were so delicious!

😋😋😋

day 133 of 365 | the life of Joanna Marie

there comes a time in my life when i feel like i'm carrying

all the problems in the world. 

my heart is so heavy today.